Lehigh Valley Press Focus

06/18/2026

Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival

“Million Dollar Quartet” is about much more than a legendary jam session 70 years ago by four teen idols in a Memphis, Tenn., recording studio. An epoch dawned that night when four young men, Carl Per...

06/17/2026

Lehigh Valley Press Focus, June 17, 18: “Emmaus Triangle History” film, By Paul Willistein . “Hair,” Civic Theatre of Allentown ; “Junie B,” Northampton Community College : Curtain Rises, By Kathy Lauer-Williams . “Juneteenth,” Allentown Band ; Brandywine Colonials Fife and Drum Corps, George Taylor House: Classical View, By Karen El-Chaar . “Pressure”: At The Movies, By Paul Willistein. “Bach at Noon,” Eliot Fisk. St. Luke's University Health Network College of Health and Sciences. Good Shepherd Rehabilitation “Boundless Speakers Series.” Columns: Warmest Regards, By Pattie Mihalik; Respectfully Yours, By Jacquelyn Youst; Growing Green, By Diane Dorn; Healthy Geezer, By Fred Cicetti.
Newspapers available June 17: Bethlehem Press, East Penn Press, Salisbury Press
Newspapers available June 18: Parkland Press, Northwestern Press, Whitehall-Coplay Press, Catasauqua Press, Northampton Press
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Get your copy of The Press at Lehigh Valley newsstand locations, including Wegmans, Weis, Wawa, Turkey Hill, Redner’s, Daisy Hill, Parkland Restaurant, Kornfeind’s Market, Top Star Express, and more, as well as Lehigh Valley Press offices, 1633 N. 26th St., Allentown, Pa.18104
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06/14/2026

Lehigh Valley Press Focus: “Seussical,” Muhlenberg College ; “Million Dollar Quartet,” Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival : Curtain Rises, By Kathy Lauer-Williams . “Valley Vivaldi,” Pennsylvania Sinfonia Orchestra; Raleigh Ringers: Classical View, By Karen El-Chaar . Pennsylvania Sinfonia Orchestra appoints music director. Theater Reviews: “The Piano Lesson,” PA Shakespeare Festival, By Paul Willistein; “A Chorus Line,” Northampton Community College , By Paul Willistein; “Spring Awakening,” The Pennsylvania Playhouse , By David Howell . “Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu”: At The Movies, By Paul Willistein . SouthSide Film Festival , By Paul Willistein. Jefferson College of Nursing courses, Lehigh Carbon Community College $1-million dual-enrollment grant. LCCC scholarships. Columns: Respectfully Yours, By Jacquelyn Youst; Growing Green, By Diane Dorn; Healthy Geezer, By Fred Cicetti. The List: Lehigh Valley Theater, By Kathy Lauer-Williams; Nightlife, By Sheri Bayne ; Classical Music Concerts, By Karen El-Chaar; Literary Events, By Dave Howell; Events, Fairs, Festivals, Fundraisers, By Alex Racines; In The Gallery, By Ed Courrier.
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Summer musical theater returns to Muhlenberg College and an historic music jam session is recreated at PA Shakespeare Festival. Muhlenberg College presents “Seussical,” June 12 to June 27 and PA Shake...

06/12/2026

The title is “A Chorus Line.” It’s not “The Chorus Line.” The implication is that “A Chorus Line,” as a musical and work of theater, is ubiquitous: that the struggles, lessons and triumphs of “a” chor...

06/10/2026

Lehigh Valley Press Focus, June 10, 11: SouthSide Film Festival preview, By Paul Willistein. “Million Dollar Quartet,” Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival ; “Seussical,” Muhlenberg College : Curtain Rises, By Kathy Lauer-Williams . “Valley Vivaldi,” Pennsylvania Sinfonia Orchestra; Raleigh Ringers: Classical View, By Karen El-Chaar . Pennsylvania Sinfonia Orchestra appoints music director. “Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu”: At The Movies, By Paul Willistein . Jefferson College of Nursing courses, Lehigh Carbon Community College $1-million dual-enrollment grant. LCCC scholarships. Columns: Warmest Regards, By Pattie Mihalik; Respectfully Yours, By Jacquelyn Youst; Growing Green, By Diane Dorn; Healthy Geezer, By Fred Cicetti.
Newspapers available June 10: Bethlehem Press, East Penn Press, Salisbury Press
Newspapers available June 11: Parkland Press, Northwestern Press, Whitehall-Coplay Press, Catasauqua Press, Northampton Press
If it’s local, it’s focal in Lehigh Valley Press
Get your copy of The Press at Lehigh Valley newsstand locations, including Wegmans, Weis, Wawa, Turkey Hill, Redner’s, Daisy Hill, Parkland Restaurant, Kornfeind’s Market, Top Star Express, and more, as well as Lehigh Valley Press offices, 1633 N. 26th St., Allentown, Pa.18104
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06/05/2026

Lehigh Valley Press Focus: “ZigZag Girl,” By Ruth Setton : Literary Scene, By David Howell . Northampton Community College . ”A Chorus Line”; Touchstone Theatre “Fresh Voices”: Curtain Rises, By Kathy Lauer-Williams . Theater Reviews: “The Piano Lesson,” Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival , By Paul Willistein; “Spring Awakening,” The Pennsylvania Playhouse , By Dave Howell. Gabriel Chamber Ensemble, “Heartstrings of the Romantic”: Classical View, By Karen El-Chaar . “Graham Lucks: Kinetic Sculpture and Michio Ihara: Works on Paper,” Arthaus: Gallery View, By Ed Courrier. “Michael”: At The Movies, By Paul Willistein. ArtsQuest Turn & Grind Shop, SteelStacks. Columns: Respectfully Yours, By Jacquelyn Youst; Growing Green, By Diane Dorn; Healthy Geezer, By Fred Cicetti.
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The Zig Zag Girl is a variation of one of the most popular stage illusions: sawing a woman in half. Ruth Knafo Setton’s novel, “ZigZag Girl” (300 pages; Black Spring Crime; paperback, $18.95; ebook an...

06/03/2026

Lehigh Valley Press Focus, June 3, 4: “ZigZag Girl,” By Ruth Setton : Literary Scene, By David Howell . Northampton Community College "A Chorus Line”; Touchstone Theatre “ Fresh Voices”: Curtain Rises, By Kathy Lauer-Williams . Gabriel Chamber Ensemble, “Heartstrings of the Romantic”: Classical View, By Karen El-Chaar . “Graham Lucks: Kinetic Sculpture and Michio Ihara: Works on Paper, ARTHAUS : Gallery View, By Ed Courrier. “Michael”: At The Movies, By Paul Willistein . ArtsQuest Turn & Grind Shop, SteelStacks . Columns: Warmest Regards, By Pattie Mihalik; Respectfully Yours, By Jacquelyn Youst; Growing Green, By Diane Dorn; Healthy Geezer, By Fred Cicetti.
Newspapers available June 3: Bethlehem Press, East Penn Press, Salisbury Press
Newspapers available June 4: Parkland Press, Northwestern Press, Whitehall-Coplay Press, Catasauqua Press, Northampton Press
If it’s local, it’s focal in Lehigh Valley Press
Get your copy of The Press at Lehigh Valley newsstand locations, including Wegmans, Weis, Wawa, Turkey Hill, Redner’s, Daisy Hill, Parkland Restaurant, Kornfeind’s Market, Top Star Express, and more, as well as Lehigh Valley Press offices, 1633 N. 26th St., Allentown, Pa.18104
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06/03/2026

The Pennsylvania Playhouse

“Spring Awakening” is an unusual musical, although a very successful one. The original Broadway production won eight Tony Awards in 2007, including Best Musical. The plot is based on a 1891 play of th...

06/02/2026

Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival

What is the lesson in “The Piano Lesson”? Is it learning the notes of the Treble Clef, as in Every Good Boy Deserves Favor, and Face? Is it playing the scales? Mastering arpeggios? Scott Joplin’s “The...

05/29/2026

Lehigh Valley Press Focus: “Creative DBT Activities for Children Using Music,” co-author Suzanne Makary, music therapist, St. Luke's University Health Network ’s Penn Foundation: Literary Scene, By David Howell . Allentown Band “Flag Day” concerts: Classical View, By Karen El-Chaar . “Spring Awakening,” The Pennsylvania Playhouse ; “As You Like It,” Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival “Play On!” Community Tour: Curtain Rises, By Kathy Lauer-Williams “Billie Eilish: Hit Me Hard and Soft - The Tour Live in 3D”: At The Movies, By Paul Willistein . 24th FREDDY Awards winners, State Theatre Center for the Arts , WFMZ . Greater Lehigh Valley Realtors April housing sales. Good Shepherd Rehabilitation “Boundless Speaker Series.” Columns: Respectfully Yours, By Jacquelyn Youst; Growing Green, By Diane Dorn; Healthy Geezer, By Fred Cicetti.
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Music can be a powerful force in healing and wellness for children and adults. A group of music therapists has written a book filled with methods that counselors and teachers can use to improve the li...